diff --git a/test/unit/test_function.py b/test/unit/test_function.py
index 127c89076a..6fa5b50fee 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_function.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_function.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import unittest
 from tinygrad.function import function
 from tinygrad import Tensor, GlobalCounters
-from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, KernelInfo
+from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, KernelInfo
 
 class TestFunction(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_simple(self):
@@ -466,6 +466,35 @@ class TestFunctionTuple(unittest.TestCase):
     Tensor.realize(a.grad)
     np.testing.assert_allclose(a.grad.numpy(), [2., 2., 2., 2.])
 
+  def test_custom_kernel_precompile_no_copy_kernel(self):
+    def my_kernel(C:UOp, A:UOp) -> UOp:
+      i = UOp.range(A.shape[0], 0)
+      return C[i].store(A[i] * 2.0).end(i).sink(arg=KernelInfo(name="my_kernel"))
+
+    def my_grad(d_c:UOp, call:UOp):
+      return (None, (Tensor(d_c) * 2.0).uop)
+
+    @function(precompile=True, precompile_backward=True)
+    def f(a:Tensor):
+      c = Tensor.invalids(*a.shape, dtype=a.dtype, device=a.device)
+      c = Tensor.custom_kernel(c, a, fxn=my_kernel, grad_fxn=my_grad)[0]
+      return c
+
+    def count_kernels(t:Tensor):
+      linear, _ = t.linear_with_vars()
+      return sum((len(call.device) if isinstance(call.device, tuple) else 1)
+                 for call in linear.src if call.src[0].op is Ops.SINK)
+
+    a = Tensor([1., 2., 3., 4.], requires_grad=True).contiguous()
+    Tensor.realize(a)
+    c = f(a)
+
+    self.assertEqual(count_kernels(c), 1)
+
+    c.sum().backward()
+    Tensor.realize(a.grad)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(a.grad.numpy(), [2., 2., 2., 2.])
+
 class TestFunctionGrad(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_function_grad_ops(self, precompile=False, precompile_backward=False):
     N = 64
diff --git a/tinygrad/callify.py b/tinygrad/callify.py
index 13b85cbf0b..79566aebc1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/callify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/callify.py
@@ -99,7 +99,18 @@ def transform_precompiled_call(c:UOp) -> UOp|None:
   resolved = [c.gettuple(i) for i in range(len(srcs))]
   outs = tuple(r.empty_like() for r in resolved)
   targets = [o.param_like(len(c.src)-1+i).shrink_to(s.shape) for i,(o,s) in enumerate(zip(outs, srcs))]
-  fxn = UOp.sink(*[t.after(t.store(s)) for t,s in zip(targets, srcs)])
+
+  subs:dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
+  items:list[UOp] = []
+  for s, t in zip(srcs, targets):
+    while s.op is Ops.AFTER: s = s.src[0]
+    base = s.base
+    if base.op in {Ops.CONTIGUOUS, Ops.BUFFER} and base.shape == t.shape and base not in subs:
+      subs[base] = t.after(t.store(base.src[0])) if base.op is Ops.CONTIGUOUS else t
+      items.append(s)
+    else:
+      items.append(t.after(t.store(s)))
+  fxn = UOp.sink(*(x.substitute(subs) for x in items))
 
   # body switches from TUPLE to SINK, so the node becomes an opaque CALL (not FUNCTION)
   new_call = UOp(Ops.CALL, c.dtype, (fxn, *input_buffers, *outs), c.arg)